1976 Tour de France
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1976 final standings
Overall Lucien Van Impe 116h 22' 23"
Second Joop Zoetemelk +4' 14"
Third Raymond Poulidor +12' 08"
Points Freddy Maertens 293 points
Second Pierino Gavazzi 140 points
Third Jacques Esclassan 128 points
Climber Giancarlo Bellini 170 points
Second Lucien Van Impe 169 points
Third Joop Zoetemelk 119 points
Youth Enrique Martinez-Heredia 117h 07' 13"
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The 1976 Tour de France was the 63rd Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 18, 1976. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4017 km, with riders averaging 34.518 km/h.

Results

Stage results
Stage Route Length (km) Winner Race leader
0 Saint-Jean-de-Monts - Saint-Jean-de-Monts 8* Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
1 Saint-Jean-de-Monts - Angers 173 Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
2 Angers - Caen 237 Giovanni Battaglin Flag of Italy Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
3 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 37* Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
4 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - Bornem Flag of Belgium 258 Hennie Kuiper Flag of the Netherlands Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
5A Leuven Flag of Belgium - Leuven Flag of Belgium 42 Ti-Raleigh Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
5B Leuven Flag of Belgium - Verviers Flag of Belgium 144 Miguel-Maria Lasa Flag of Spain Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
6 Bastogne Flag of Belgium - Nancy 209 Aldo Parecchini Flag of Italy Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
7 Nancy - Mulhouse 206 Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
8 Valentigney - Divonne-les-Bains 220 Jacques Esclassan Flag of France Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium
9 Divonne-les-Bains - Alpe d'Huez 258 Joop Zoetemelk Flag of the Netherlands Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
10 Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Montgenèvre 166 Joop Zoetemelk Flag of the Netherlands Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
11 Montgenèvre - Manosque 224 José-Luis Viejo Flag of Spain Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
12 Le Barcarès - Pyrénées 2000 205 Raymond Delisle Flag of France Raymond Delisle Flag of France
13 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via - Saint-Gaudens 188 Willy Teirlinck Flag of Belgium Raymond Delisle Flag of France
14 Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan 139 Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
15 Saint-Lary-Soulan - Pau 195 Wladimiro Panizza Flag of Italy Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
16 Pau - Fleurance 152 Michel Pollentier Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
17 Fleurance - Auch 39* Ferdinand Bracke Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
18A Auch - Langon 86 Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
18B Langon - Lacanau 123 Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
18C Lacanau - Bordeaux 70 Gerben Karstens Flag of the Netherlands Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
19 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande - Tulle 220 Hubert Mathis Flag of France Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
20 Tulle - Puy de Dôme 220 Joop Zoetemelk Flag of the Netherlands Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
21 Montargis - Versailles 145 Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
22A Paris - Paris 6* Freddy Maertens Flag of Belgium Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium
22B Paris - Paris 91 Gerben Karstens Flag of the Netherlands Lucien van Impe Flag of Belgium

Stages with a * were individual time trials, stages marked with 2 were team time trials.

General classification

Rank Name Country Team Time
1 Lucien Van Impe  Belgium Gitane-Campagnolo 116h 22' 23"
2 Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands Gan-Mercier 4' 14"
3 Raymond Poulidor  France Gan-Mercier 12' 08"
4 Raymond Delisle  France Peugeot 12' 17"
5 Walter Riccomi  Italy Scic - Fiat 12' 39"
6 Francisco Galdos  Spain KAS - Campagnolo 14' 50"
7 Michel Pollentier  Belgium Flandria - Velda 14' 59"
8 Freddy Maertens  Belgium Flandria - Velda 16' 09"
9 Fausto Bertoglio  Italy Jolly Ceramica 16' 36"
10 Vicente Lopez-Carril  Spain KAS - Campagnolo 19' 28"

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